Times Arrow, Times Cycle

Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time

Stephen J Gould

Science

Rarely has a scholar attained such popular acclaim merely by doing what he does best and enjoys most. But such

anthropology, biology, evolution, geology

Guns, Germs and Steel

A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13000 Years

Jared Diamond

Science

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a national bestseller: the global account of the rise of civilization that is

anthropology, biology, evolution, pandemic, popular, pulitzer

Plagues and Peoples

William H McNeill

History

Upon its original publication, Plagues and Peoples was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a ra

anthropology, pandemic, plague, sociology

Collapse

How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive

Jared Diamond

Science

Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of the essentia

anthropology, sociology

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

How our animal heritage affects the way we live

Jared Diamond

Science

At some point during the last 100,000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behavior that distinguished us

anthropology, biology, evolution, sociology

The World Until Yesterday

Jared Diamond

Science

Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and telecommunications to liter

anthropology, biology, evolution, sociology

Ethical Wisdom: What Makes Us Good

Mark Matousek

Science

Since the days of the first primitive tribes, we have tried to determine why one man is good and another evil.

anthropology, ethics, philosophy